Medicine:Outline of emergency medicine

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Short description: Overview of and topical guide to emergency medicine

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to emergency medicine:

Emergency medicine – medical specialty involving care for undifferentiated, unscheduled patients with acute illnesses or injuries that require immediate medical attention. While not usually providing long-term or continuing care, emergency physicians undertake acute investigations and interventions to resuscitate and stabilize patients. Emergency physicians generally practice in hospital emergency departments, pre-hospital settings via emergency medical services, and intensive care units.


Presentations

Types of emergencies

Listed below are conditions that constitute a possible medical emergency and may require immediate first aid, emergency room care, surgery, or care by a physician or nurse. Not all medical emergencies are life-threatening; some conditions require medical attention in order to prevent significant and long-lasting effects on physical or mental health.

Blood

Children

Endocrine

Environmental

Eyes

Gastrointestinal

Genitourinary

Heart and blood vessels

Infectious disease

Inflammatory

Injury

Lungs and airway

Nephrology

Nervous system

Pregnancy

Psychiatric

Skin

Toxicological

Gynecologic

Emergency medical care

Critical care

Life support

Environmental medicine

Environmental medicine

  • High altitude medicine
  • Travel medicine
  • Mass-gathering medicine

Branches of emergency medicine

Contributory fields

Emergency medicine is multidisciplinary – due to the diversity of medical emergencies encountered, emergency medicine relies heavily upon the knowledge and procedures of many medical specialties, including:

Emergency medical system

  • Emergency telephone number

Emergency medical services

Emergency medical services

Emergency medical facilities

Emergency medical professionals

Tools and equipment

Drugs

History

  • History of the ambulance
  • History of emergency medical services

Journals

  • Critical Care Medicine
  • Intensive Care Medicine
  • Military Medicine
  • Shock
  • Trauma
  • Academic Emergency Medicine
  • American Journal of Emergency Medicine
  • Annals of Emergency Medicine
  • Annals of Intensive Care
  • Critical Care Clinics
  • Emergency Medicine Australasia
  • Emergency Medicine Journal
  • Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine
  • Injury Prevention
  • Journal of Critical Care
  • Journal of Emergencies, Trauma, and Shock
  • Journal of Emergency Nursing
  • Journal of Injury and Violence Research
  • Journal of Intensive Care Medicine
  • Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
  • Prehospital Emergency Care
  • The Journal of Emergency Medicine

Organizations

  • American Board of Emergency Medicine
  • American College of Emergency Physicians
  • American Osteopathic Board of Emergency Medicine
  • Asian Society for Emergency Medicine
  • Australasian College for Emergency Medicine
  • British Association for Immediate Care
  • Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians
  • Emergency Nurses Association
  • European Resuscitation Council
  • European Society of Emergency Medicine
  • International Federation for Emergency Medicine
  • International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation
  • Resuscitation Council
  • Royal College of Emergency Medicine

See also

References

Marx, John (2010). Rosen's emergency medicine: concepts and clinical practice 7th edition. Philadelphia, PA: Mosby/Elsevier. ISBN 978-0-323-05472-0. 

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